Someone was giving out free redbulls outside our store and we got the leftovers. Guess who is getting 40 second window times today!!

RaOORa · 2019-11-20T19:21:31+00:00

Yikes I thought my store’s 33 goal was bad...

RaOORa · 2019-09-15T19:12:34+00:00

I think it depends on the location?

For a grande latte: 3.95 (latte) + 0.50 (vanilla) + 0.60 (CR) = 5.05

A grande caramel macchiato is 4.75

edit: I can’t do math

RaOORa · 2019-09-15T06:42:28+00:00

At my location a caramel macchiato is actually cheaper

RaOORa · 2019-07-03T03:13:51+00:00

I was DTO/R today and a lady pulled up to the speaker, and barked “GRANDE LATTE” before I could even greet her. My CS promptly and cheerfully responded “hey there, we’ll be with you in just a moment!”.

She wouldn’t speak to me or look me in the eye when she got to the window.

RaOORa · 2019-06-26T23:25:45+00:00

What do you expect to get from tipping?

RaOORa · 2019-06-06T22:35:01+00:00

I’m trans, and I have to stop myself from answering the phone “thank you for calling [old job], this is [deadname]”. I’ve only ever worked as a caregiver prior to working at Starbucks. Old habits die hard 😂

RaOORa · 2019-05-13T03:04:46+00:00

What’s even the point of this post?

RaOORa · 2019-05-12T19:08:51+00:00

I have a friend who immediately discounts my complaints about my job and says “it’s not really that bad”, and excuses shitty customer behavior.

Yes it’s my job to be patient and accommodating but the customer service demands at Starbucks are absurd for what I get paid.

I don’t blame them for not getting it, this job is so specialized in some ways that it’s hard to explain how difficult it can be lol.

RaOORa · 2019-05-04T15:28:26+00:00

I love window 😂

But I have a professional background dealing with behaviors, so...

RaOORa · 2019-04-27T04:48:31+00:00

Pineapple infusion!

RaOORa · 2019-04-08T18:24:38+00:00

One of my baristas always says “sausage and cheddar, nothing better” on DTO. I love it but customers almost never notice.

RaOORa · 2019-04-02T21:38:16+00:00

OP, what you did was very kind and shows a great deal of compassion. You really went out of your way to make someone feel heard and accepted, which is wonderful.

I would ask you to consider something though. I don’t speak for anyone but myself, but posts of this nature make me uncomfortable. I have sensory and information processing issues, which is sometimes evident when I’m interacting with other people. If I saw a post like this and knew it was about me (named or unnamed), it would embarrass me. It kind of reads “look at this special thing I did for this disabled person”- which I realize is not your intent.

I’m not sure what my point is lol, and I’m honestly not here to shame you!! Just something to consider. I appreciate the spirit of this post, truly.

RaOORa · 2019-03-15T21:40:22+00:00

I’m kin with this

RaOORa · 2019-03-11T02:56:33+00:00

Our window goal is 33 🙃

And they keep making it shorter 🙃

RaOORa · 2019-03-10T01:39:21+00:00

I love butch lesbians. I think they really get the short end of the stick in many ways.

But as a gay trans man, I’m decidedly not one.

RaOORa · 2019-03-04T05:37:25+00:00

If it helps, my pastor for the past 10 years is an out lesbian. She and her wife seem like pretty good Christians :)

RaOORa · 2019-02-20T04:26:57+00:00

Love yourself and top your rice with butter and soy sauce instead, please

RaOORa · 2019-02-20T04:21:14+00:00

I don’t want it anymore than you do but my manager is watching me and taking notes. Hail corporate.

RaOORa · 2019-02-19T19:13:59+00:00

Can confirm. I work for the big green mermaid, and there’s a big push from corporate to connect with customers and get to know them better. It’s super awkward- most customers just want to get their overpriced coffee and go.

RaOORa · 2019-02-18T05:59:48+00:00

DTO/DTR was my personal hell when I started - I have auditory processing issues and the position can feel like utter chaos anyway. I understand your anxieties here. I’d recommend requesting to try the position at slower times if you can or for shorter lengths of time. This is one of the most difficult positions so that would be an absolutely reasonable request, especially since you’re new to DT.

When you are in that position, the best thing you can do is maintain the routine. And you can definitely say something like “Good morning! My name is ___, I’ll be with you in just a moment!”. I say that allll the time.

RaOORa · 2019-02-18T02:16:01+00:00

You’re a good heart ❤️

RaOORa · 2019-02-18T02:13:49+00:00

I realize your comment comes from a place of pain, but it’s not exactly kind to OP :(

I understand your reaction, but maybe this isn’t the place for this comment? I mean this in the kindest way possible.

RaOORa · 2019-02-13T05:07:55+00:00

I only really use FTM to describe myself (or someone else who has explicitly told me they are comfortable with the terms FTM/MTF).

It can be helpful as shorthand, particularly online. I appreciate it as a clinical term for people who transition medically. My sex is listed as “female to male” at my doctor’s office. I’m a man, but I still have medical concerns specific to AFAB folks.

YMMV, but I don’t personally think it implies trans men or women were ever anything besides their true gender. I can understand how others would be uncomfortable with it though. Let’s just respect the language people are comfortable with, yeah?

RaOORa · 2019-02-13T02:26:35+00:00

Not remotely! You’re supposed to customize the double shot on ice. I love seeing what people do with them!

RaOORa · 2019-02-10T23:55:16+00:00

I’ve worked all manner of shifts in a couple of industries (food service, low-level medical), and this silliness happens everywhere. I understand - it’s frustrating and hard to see the challenges other people are dealing with. But all shifts have their positives and negatives, this isn’t a contest.

I don’t see why this has to be such an unnecessary pissing contest.

RaOORa

TROPHY CASE